coming up tanzania swears in its 1st female leader samir salute her son takes power after the death of john mica foully also giving up said astra zeneca another shot european countries resume covert 900 vaccinations after the job was suspended because of safety concerns but shrouded in secrecy china tries one of 2 canadians accused of stealing state secrets in a case seen as politically motivated retaliation. but with the program us trying to talks are due to wrap up with a closing session in the coming hours after a fiery start on thursday sitting across the table from each other in the u.s. state of alaska the 2 sides traded barbs and a pointed display of how tense relations remain our diplomatic editor james bays has more from anchorage. this is a meeting that will shape future relations between the world's 2 biggest powers relations that are currently at a low point good afternoon. and welcome normally opening remarks at events like these are brief and polite but the u.s. side went on to list their specific concerns and change our hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states econ

tanzania's president john mica foley has died a man criticized for his denial of the coronavirus pandemic. by the way that i'm come all santamaria here in doha with the world news from al jazeera brazil is reporting a record number of corona virus infections as one of the world's worst hit countries struggles with its deadliest phase of the pandemic also the exit polls in the netherlands suggest prime minister mark root is conservative party is on course to form the ruling coalition and a push to restore alliances with an eye on north korea u.s. secretary of state and defense meet their counterparts in south korea. so tanzania's president john mica fully has died at the age of 61 he hadn't been seen in public since february and there had been speculation about his ill health vice president son you're sort of who has confirmed the newest announcing his death in a televised address. thomas cuticle mockable citizens today on this date march 17th 2021 that 6 in the evening we lost our leader president of the republic of tanzania the honorable to join palm bay jaysus michael feely departed thi

tanzania as president john mica foody has died at the age of 61 a vocal covert skeptic he hadn't been seen in public for more than 2 weeks and there was widespread speculation he was seriously ill after contracting the virus. the pan american health organization has warned that brazil now has a very high rate of covert transmission in all of its regions on wednesday the country reported at 90303 new cases its highest daily infection number yet and another 2600 deaths. on the european union has proposed a coronavirus asked for scheme to help ease travel restrictions within the blog the digital green to difficult would provide proof that travelers have been vaccinated . now the u.s. secretaries of state and defense are in south korea on the 2nd stop of their asia tour secretary of state and lincoln open the press seoul to join the u.s. in keeping china's aggression in check and addressing north korea's human rights violations the country's defense minister has also pledged to work together to resolve north korea's nuclear threat in the past hour the north korean news agency reported tha

who her son takes power after the death of john mica fairly also warnings of a covert 19 tornado in papua new guinea the island is seeing a dramatic increase in infections prompting a lockdown also i feel scared at all times and you know. live alone an asian american communities on alert after several shootings near atlanta stoke fears of hate crimes in sport is taking lympics bosses debate whether to allow overseas bans while that sebastian coe urges them not to rush the decision. and i welcome to the news are a meeting between the united states and china aimed at reducing tensions has got underway with confrontational remarks what was supposed to be a short introduction at the start of the talks lasted for more than an hour the americans said beijing is threatening the international order china then warned the u.s. to stay out of its internal affairs are diplomatic editor james bays reports now from anchorage in alaska. this is a meeting that will shape future relations. between the world's 2 biggest powers relations that are currently at a low point good afternoon. and welcome normally

now a big political reshuffle is on the cards in tanzania after the death of its president john mica freely has died at the age of 61 the government says he died from heart disease but there have been weeks of speculation about his health and whether he had the coronavirus vice president some years so who has saw his the most likely successor until the next election in 2025 she made the official announcement of death as reports. thank you for the good job the last time john pomfret mega food he was seen in public he was carrying out official duties and not wearing a mask not long into his 2nd term in office he suddenly vanished from public sight after 3 weeks of speculation came the announcement from vice president's haasan and state television. we lost alida president of the republic of tanzania the owner john paul jason. who parted this life from heart complications in hospital in dar es salaam rumors had been swirling that magnificently had sought treatment for covert 19 largely fed by opposition leader to lease to and kenyan media the government denied the reports and arrested at

tanzania set to swear in its 1st female leader after the death of president john mica food officials say the 61 year old suffered a heart failure but opposition leaders say he was sick with covert 19. u.s. secretary of state says all options are on the table to get north korea to abandon its nuclear weapons speaking in seoul anthony blinken and in china has a critical role to play. some protesters in myanmar fight back against the security forces violent crackdown the military announced treason charges against the deposed ambassador to the u.n. killed motown was fired a day after speaking at the u.n. general assembly last month where he called for help to remove the army from power scott highly reports. the industrial zone of yangon has emerged as the main flashpoint between protesters and security forces it ignited on sunday and has continued throughout the week. the protesters now arming themselves with makeshift weapons slingshots amal tough cocktails fighting back as they appear to be facing live ammunition and tear gas this part of the city is home to migrant workers at the near

so tanzania's president john mica foley has died at the age of 61 he hadn't been seen in public since february and there was speculation about his ill health the vice president saw me out so who is his son announced his death on television a short time ago hamas critical market were citizens today on this date march 17th 2021 that 6 in the evening we lost our leader president of the republic of tanzania the only able to join palm bay. he parted this life from heart complications in hospital in dar es salaam. foley was one of africa's most prominent covert 19 deniers and said last year tanzania had eradicated the disease through national prayer. looks back at his life. soon after taking office in 2015 president john palmer mughal fully made a name for himself across tanzania as a leader committed to fulfilling his promises of reform many people called him the bulldozer because of his no nonsense approach to fighting corruption and wasteful spending which had plagued the country for decades he made it his mission to cut down on civil service expenses and boost infrastructure projects in

mica food. soldiers shooting night and day in myanmar where anti coup protest has shown no sign of backing down. no welcome to the program we begin in northwest syria where shelling by government forces has hit a hospital at least 7 people were killed one of them a child despite the facility being built underground to avoid becoming a target it happened in the town of in the west in aleppo countryside mandy reports . a place meant to care for people and keep them safe the earth becomes a scene of chaos the hospital was hit by mortars fired from a syrian army outpost. bloodstained survivors who carried out and treated elsewhere i mean it's hard enough that a child and health care workers died in the bob barker and about that day father comes to go of all of the medical staff were shocked this is the result of targeting this hospital the civil defense came and cleared the patients who are staying at the hospital and we have vacua to the building and medical staff and the injured. al-jazeera corres

tanzania has buried a former president john mica foully who died earlier this month reportedly from heart failure to fully was one of africa's most prominent deniers of the coronavirus crisis and opposition leaders claim the disease played a role in his unexpected death. u.s. president joe biden says china's xi jinping and russia's vladimir putin are bunk 40 world leaders is inviting to a summit on climate change biden has made the climate crisis a top priority of his administration and the virtual summit is planned for april. questions are being raised in the united states about how the suspect in the boulder boulder colorado mass shooting was able to buy a semiautomatic weapon records show he passed a background check even though he had been convicted of assault 10 people died in the rampage which has reopened the debate about gun rights in his poll reports from boulder. what started as a regular day at the supermarket and in like manner. the shooter opened fire and killed 10 people. residents of boulder have come to pay. their respects many with tears in their eyes. going to miss king

john mica foully taking office in 2015 he wasted no time in cleaning up the government firing thousands of officials and cutting waste. but he also clamped down on free speech and the opposition when the coronavirus crisis started he flatly denied its risks calling on tanzanians to rely on prayer. let us not allowed to destroy us through the coronavirus and make us forget to worship god this is the right time for us to defeat the devil i strongly believe god is with us in this fight against our enemy coronavirus and i'm sure we will win this war the virus rampaged across the country but the government stopped reporting infections and deaths and in late february stopped appearing in public which led to speculation about his health. nearly 3 weeks later his vice president announced that he had died of a heart condition. moti funeral arrangements are being made. and we notified. our country shall be in a mourning period of 14 days and the flags will fly half mast. for many here his early successes in stamping out corruption overshadowed by his later failures to deal with the coronavirus an

who her son has been sworn in after the death of president john mica throughly turns in eons of watching to see if her son will take strong action to stop the spread of coronavirus several european countries are resuming oxford astra zeneca vaccinations after suspending the jobs because of safety concerns it comes after europe's drug watchdog said on thursday that the facts scene is safe brazilian media says that the mayor of rio de janeiro is ordering the closure of the city's beaches this weekend and it follows a dramatic increase in covert $1000.00 infections and it's china's 1st trial of 2 canadians charged with espionage has ended with no verdict businessmen michael spar 4 and former diplomat michael covering were arrested 2 years ago it was moved widely seen as retaliation for canada's detention of waterway executive maying one joe those are the headlines i'm back with the news hour in 30 minutes we continue with al jazeera investigations. al jazeera is investigative unit was used in soweto to infiltrate the secret world of the surveillance industry exposing the deals that are putt

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has been declared in dar es salaam tanzania is largest city for former president john mica foully who died at the age of 61 but a fairly will be buried in his hometown next week his successor some years who knew her son was sworn in as the country's 1st female president on friday and you can follow those stories of course on our website at al-jazeera dot com i'm back with al-jazeera news around about half an hour's time we continue with the debt machine . the 2008 financial crisis threaten to completely disrupt the global financial system governments made the choice to bail out big banks and to rescue troubled economies . he said that the only bark bassy go so many stocking be basket entered for. i'm only going to. ask you if you. do feel. anybody feel see if you flew the pity and empathy do. have a good talks are about some who are both a last good stand up of the. law school feel the best little dogs attack as you know ex how the neighbors could be forgotten faster want to be obligated to go meet out. she'd be a. little visitor you could see people a communal. pascagoula classes do

this is al jazeera and these are the headlines tanzania's president john mica fairly has died aged 61 africa's most prominent coronavirus skeptic hadn't been seen in public since last month and there was speculation about his health the government says he died from heart failure tanzania's constitution says the vice president must serve the rest of a 5 year term if the president hollande and that means samir salut who has son is set to make history as the 1st female president of tanzania a bus carrying afghan government employees has been targeted in a bombing in the capital kabul at least 3 people have been killed and another 11 were injured and separately 9 members of afghanistan's security forces have died in a helicopter crash the chopper went down in best should district in wardak province the defense ministry has yet to confirm the cause of the crash u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken says all options are on the table and future relations with north korea here in the u.s. defense secretary have been meeting their south korean counterparts and seoul blinken reaffirmed his co

mica foody at the age of 61 he died from heart disease but he hadn't been seen in public for more than 2 weeks and there was widespread speculation he was seriously ill off to contracting the coronavirus. he was a vocal covert skeptic who'd been criticized for doing little to protect his people from the virus now the pan american health organization is one that brazil has a very high rates of covered 1000 transmission in all regions on wednesday brazil registered 90303 new cases its highest daily infection on the yes and that's just a day after it reported 2841 covert related deaths hospital beds on the 80 full now in more than half of the country states. in other developments hundreds of millions of europeans could be able to travel around the continent from this summer if an app on their phone shows that they've been vaccinated proposed by the e.u. commission the digital green pass means freedom of movement being restored from june but some think the plan is too slow on the world health organization has been critical because much of the world is fall behind on vaccinations will in se

sort of the in the city of donna salaam it comes 2 days after she announced the death of president john mica fairly at the age of 61 a spring of katherine sawyer by roby who swelling of a source and katherine let's just begin for all of us about who this lady is and perhaps what direction the government might take in terms of the current policies. well immediately after being sworn in her 1st order of business was chairing her fast cabinet meeting on saturday she's going to be meeting with officials all happening to call party the ruling theon party where they're going to start the process of choosing a vice president who ventile is going to be vetted and approved by parliament about have been asking people about politics and how polices because as vice president we didn't know much about how just because her predecessor the late president will fully was such a huge force and a lot of people in tanzania have been saying that her leadership style is very different from the late president she is more calm under pressure she listens to counsel more more she's not a want to make unilateral

towns and ends pain of pay their last respects to the late president john mica food at a ceremony in dar salaam. and manchester city of 3 of the f.a. cup semifinals gemma we'll show you how they did it in school. at least 2 more protesters have been killed in may and mars the military continues its brutal crackdown on dissent 7 weeks after the coup mass protests being met with more and more violence despite rock condemnation from me and miles neighbors in the region as tony chang reports the rest is also starting to have an impact on the country's economy. once again protesters head out onto the streets here in turmoil a ward in the center of young and once again they're forced back carrying their injured after being brought the bullets unloaded grounds. a new tactic from the military bulldozers smashing through rows a parked cars intent simply to terrorize and demoralize. as the violence has spread so has the destruction these clothing factories in yangon were set on fire last week it's not known by whom. in the last 5 years the garment industry has grown significantly under civilia

comes a near has buried former president john mica foully who died earlier this month reportedly from heart failure to fully was one of africa's most prominent deniers of the coronavirus crisis and opposition leaders claim the disease played a role in his unexpected death. at least 19 pro-democracy protesters have been killed in a violent crackdown on demonstrations in myanmar it happened as the country's military regime staged a major show force for its annual armed forces day parade in the capital nay pyi taw. u.s. president joe biden says china's xi jinping and russian russia's vladimir putin are among 40 world leaders that he is inviting to a summit on climate change has made the climate crisis a top priority of his administration the virtual summit is planned for april. questions are being raised in the united states about how the suspect in the boulder colorado mass shooting was able to buy a semiautomatic weapon records show he passed a background check even though he had been convicted of assault 10 people died in the rampage which has reopened the debate about gun rights in t

john mica food taking office in 2015 he wasted no time in cleaning up the government firing thousands of officials and cutting waste. but he also clamped down on free speech and the opposition when the coronavirus crisis started he flatly denied its risks calling on tanzanians to rely on prayer. let us not allow to destroy us through the coronavirus and make us forget to worship god this is the right time for us to defeat the devil i strongly believe god is with us in this fight against our enemy coronavirus and i'm sure we will win this war the virus rampaged across the country but the government stopped reporting infections and deaths. and in late february stopped appearing in public which led to speculation about his health. nearly 3 weeks later his vice president announced that he had died of a heart condition. funeral arrangements are being made. we notified. our country shall be in a mourning period of 14 days. and the flags are flying half mast. for many here his early successes in stamping out corruption overshadowed by his later failures to deal with the coronavirus and his i

john mica foully taking office in 25th day he wasted no time in cleaning up the government far. and thousands of officials and cutting waste. but he also clamps down on free speech and the opposition when the coronavirus crisis started he flatly denied its risks calling on tanzanians to rely on prayer. let us not allowed to destroy us through the coronavirus and make us forget to worship god this is the right time for us to defeat the devil i strongly believe god is with us in this fight against our enemy coronavirus and i'm sure we will win this war the virus rampaged across the country but the government stopped reporting infections and deaths. and in late february stopped appearing in public which led to speculation about his health. nearly 3 weeks later his vice president announced that he had died of a heart condition i knew moti funeral arrangements are being made. and we notified. our country shall be in a mourning period of 14 days. and the flags will fly at half mast. for many here his early successes in stamping out corruption overshadowed by his later failures to deal

mica foully she'll serve for the remaining 3 years of his term. french prime minister has been inoculated with astra zeneca as corona virus vaccine it's part of an effort to rebuild public confidence to france and other countries briefly forced to estimations over fears of blood clots on thursday the european medicines agency concluded the shot was safe and effective. and as we heard the a.m.a. has vouched for the safety of astra zeneca has shot but added it couldn't continue it would continue to monitor rare cases of blood clotting a team of german scientists now say they have found out more about the clots and how to possibly treat them so joins me now from date of the science sophia what did this team of german scientists find out about the blood clots. so scientists from the university of kind of side which is in northern germany got 6 blood samples from the polish institute which is the german federal agency for their prove a vaccine and they say that they studied these but samples in great detail and that they were able to connect the vaccin

has been sworn in and out of that other president john mica for me on wednesday when we in the country are anxiously watching to see if hostile or take a stronger action to stop the spread of coronavirus catherine soy has more or me me . me. me a salute who hasn't tanzania's fast female president and a native of the semi autonomous region of zanzibar was solemn as she made her 1st speech as leader she said the circumstances around has swearing in leave little to celebrate. it is time to console each other show each other love unity mentor now peace humanity and patriotism and plans are now in values president salue who is not new to tanzania's politics but the late president john markoff will be surprised many when he chose her as his running mate in 2015 she remains loyal to him but some in the country see her leadership style is different where you could appear impulsive and combative she is believed to be more thoughtful and likely to listen to advice many are hopeful she'll continue with model foolish development and social projects and his 0 tolerance for corruption but also chang

mica fleet had contracted pope at 19 but the vice president says he died of heart failure will go to tanzania for the latest also coming up remembering italy's cope with the victims the city of baghdad know was once the epicenter of the pen demick in europe and a bleak warning of what was to come one year on our correspondent speaks to locals trying to overcome their trauma. relief.

the body of tanzania's former president john mica foley has been taken to the capital services are being held in several regions this week before a funeral in his home village on friday and tens of thousands paid tribute to their former leader who died last wednesday michael fully was a prominent covert 1900. and there were few signs of social distancing at the service and supporters dismiss opposition claims he died from the virus. but i am someone i know he did not die from corona virus we accept the statement made by our government officials that he has died of heart disease they have to make sure they take official information and get rid of the street room mess. this up or yeah i mean the lies about him dying from it cannot be true because the sickness was so sudden whatever the cause of death he was always encouraging us to protect ourselves and be careful. as vote counting gets underway in the republic of congo there are concerns about just how free and fair the presidential elections are there is an internet blackout claims of voter fraud and some opposition politicians are eithe

mica foully who died on wednesday at the age of $61.00 he'll be buried in his hometown on friday. mega foody come under severe international pressure over his handling of the covert 1000 crisis and in recent weeks there was speculation he had the virus vice president sagna sulu hassan was sworn in as his successor on friday she is the country's 1st female leader. well the day before elections in their public of congo a leading opposition candidate has been evacuated abroad for medical treatment guy bryce perfect suffering from an unknown illness president an assassin and guess who's rule for most of the last 40 years is seeking another term in office with many opposition politicians either refusing to stand in the in the race or in jail and the capital brazzaville malcolm webb reports. was. not many people openly criticize the electoral process in the republic of congo the catholic church is one of the few institutions that have. father felicity in move only he's been arrested twice because of his activism he was meant to be part of a team observing sunday's presidential election

succeeds john mica foody who died at the age of 61 tanzanians are looking to see if her son will take stronger action to stop the spread of corona virus several european countries are resume in oxford astra zeneca vaccinations after suspending the jobs because of safety concerns europe's drug watchdog said on thursday that the vaccine is safe the agency said its benefits outweigh the risks but it could not rule out a link to a rare clotting disorder those were the headlines rob matheson will be here with al-jazeera news in half an hour next is the stream to stay with us. worked at al-jazeera english since its launch as a principal presenter and as a correspondent with any breaking news story want to hear from those people who would normally not get their voices heard on an international news channel one moment i'll be very proud of you is when we covered the nepal earthquake the 25th to a terrible natural disaster and the story that needed to be told from the heart of the affected area to be then to tell the people story was very important at the time. ok you're watching the stream on

salute who has signed has been sworn in after the death of president john mica fully on wednesday many in the country are now anxiously watching to see if his son will take stronger action to stop the spread of coronavirus athan so why has more on me now. as he sent me a salute who hasn't tanzania's fast female president and a native of the semi autonomous region of zanzibar was solemn as she made her 1st speech as leader she said the circumstances around has swearing in leave little to celebrate. it is time to consider each other show each of a lot of our unity maintain our peace our humanity and patriotism and tons again values. president salue who is not new to tanzania's politics but the late president john mccain fully surprised many when he chose her as his running mate in 2015 she remains loyal to him but some in the country say her leadership style is different where he could appear impulsive and combative she is believed to be more thoughtful and likely to listen to advice many are hopeful she'll continue with model foolish development and social projects and his 0 tolerance f

thousands more tanzanians are expected to pay their respects to the late president john mica fully in the capital dadar on sunday on saturday large crowds attended a catholic mass in the city of data set by the foley who is 61 will be buried in his hometown next week as vice president of the who has son was sworn in on friday becoming tanzania's 1st female leader catherine sawyer has more from neighboring kenya. today was a very emotional day in tanzania i had of the burial of the late president john paul the mughal fully on the 26th when he's a rural home of chattel so it started with a requiem mass at the st peter's catholic church in the wrestling where those who spoke about him said that he was a just man and he was hardworking and got the job done then that was a whole lot by viewing all of his body at the who who stadium it was a very emotional a very song by event and then sunday there's going to be a public viewing and there's going to be events all along the week and til friday when he is going to be buried. so tanzania's now are grieving but they're also talking about his le

tanzania's president john mica fully has died a man criticized for his denial of the coronavirus pandemic. i'm come all sons of mary here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera exit polls in the netherlands suggest prime minister margaret his government conservative party i should say is on course to form a ruling coalition. also brazil reports a record number of coronavirus.

mica foody who died on wednesday at the age of $61.00 he'll be buried in his hometown on friday mike really come under severe international pressure over his handling of the covert $1000.00 crisis and in recent weeks though speculation it contracted the virus himself the vice president samir salut was sworn in as his successor on friday she's the country's 1st female leader. a day before elections in the republic of congo a leading opposition candidate has been taken to hospital they respond as is suffering from an unknown illness but local media say he's being treated for covert 19 he tweeted this message for his supporters from his hospital bed. sure compartment. my dear come pottery i'm in a difficult situation i'm fighting death i demand that you rise up and go vote for change fight don't give up the fight rise up please do this from a well his opponent president and his rule for most most the last 40 years. in office with many opposition politicians either refusing to stand in the election or in jail and the capital brazzaville algiers now where purports but. not many people ope

state following the sudden death of john mica fully she will serve for the remainder of his 2nd 5 year term which ends in 2025. german health minister young star says germany has resumed astra zeneca vaccinations a day after the european medicines agency said the drug is safe and effective as germany works to restore public confidence in the vaccines bomb underlined inoculations remained a central plank of the strategy to end the pandemic but the complaint would take time with infection numbers are rising a new variance causing a large share of the cases sponsored germany was now dealing with a 3rd wave escaped europe does not yet have enough vaccine doses to stop the 3rd wave through inoculations alone even though the e.u. can now count on the reliable live you have dropped to 0 says it will still take several weeks until all those groups are completely vaccinated only then there will be people to talk about it for a collusion of restrictions so we still need to be patient. let's bring in our chief political correspondent lyndal kremlin is that true is there really a shortage of vacci

johnson is a paying their respects to the late president a mans has been held for john mica phillida out of the age of 61 people came out in droves in dar es salaam will be very his hometown next week vice president samir salute who hasn't was sworn in as a successor on friday she's the country's 1st female leader. has more from nairobi in neighboring kenya today was a very emotional day in tanzania ahead of the burial of the late president john paul the mughal fully on the 26th in his room off the charts also it started with a requiem mass at the st peter's catholic church in the wrestler where those who spoke about him say that he was a just man and he was hardworking and got the job done then that was followed by the viewing of his body at the who stadium it was a very emotional a very sewn by event and then sunday there's going to be a public viewing and there's going to be events all along the week until friday when he is going to be buried. so tanzania's now are grieving but they're also talking about his legacy which many say checkered some say that they applaud the developmen

tanzania is set to swear in its 1st female president after the death of john mica felipe the government says he suffered heart failure. thanks for joining us china has warned the u.s. to stay out of its internal affairs as the top diplomats of the world's 2 largest economies hold talks in alaska chinese foreign minister wang neal said it's time to repair the u.s. china relations which is at an all time low it's the 1st high level meeting between the 2 superpower. under president joe biden's administration and the u.s. secretary of state and city blinken says they will discuss a wide range of human rights issues including taiwan hong kong and the crackdown on weaker muslims in general joining he accuses china of threatening the international order art ministration is committed to leading with diplomacy to advance the interests of the united states and to strengthen the rules based international order that system is not an abstraction it helps countries resolve differences peacefully coordinate multilateral efforts effectively and participate in global commerce with the assurance that eve

now tens of thousands of tanzanians are paying tribute to the former president john mica foody who died last wednesday massive crowds travel to a sports stadium in the nation's largest city dar es salaam when mcafee's body was lying in state it will be taken to several venues across tanzania before a funeral in his home village on friday my graffiti was a prominent covert 1960 s. dick and his supporters followed his example showing few signs of social distancing as well as dismissing opposition claims that he died from the virus. or bottom of the now so i want to know he did not dolly from coronavirus we accept the statement made by our government officials that he has died of heart disease they have to make sure they take official information and get rid of the street rumors there was a great. little is about him dying from cope it cannot be true because his sickness was so sudden whatever the cause of death he was always encouraging us to protect ourselves and be careful. mourners also lined the streets of dar es salaam as michael for his coffin made its way to in the airport to be fl

catholic mass has been held in dollar salaam tanzania is largest city for the former president john mica foully who died on wednesday at the age of $61.00 these are live pictures now they don't live the latest pictures from the other salon but people are paying their respects not of food he will be buried in his hometown of change to his successor some in a saloon who was sworn in as the country's 1st female president on friday. presidential candidates in the republic of congo of held their final campaign rallies ahead of an election on sunday many opposition politicians are boycotting the polls and rights groups say that there's no space for a democratic process welcomed web reports now from the capitol hill. they call him the emperor. and after nearly 40 years in power 77 year old then he says he. wants 5. his rule of the republic of congo is lighted by crises and corruption scandals which he says he'll and. will put an end to even more realities which i call corruption theft laziness and indiscipline and absenteeism do you understand. a lot of the people here don't really look like th

mica philly is in a coma and receiving treatment for corona virus in india. all right you have states with all the top stories on al-jazeera we've got more news coming up right after inside story after. he was a popular leftist leader and president in brazil but with a criminal record now lula da silva could run for the top job again he'd be up against the far right joe your pulse on our what could that mean for brazil's polarized politics this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm brazil's luis and the scylla was convicted in a corruption and bribery scandal in 2017 but a judge has found the court that sentenced the former president lack the necessary jurisdiction the conviction has been an old and a left wing politician can now challenge for the presidency next year live the silver hasn't confirmed if he'll run but if he does his main rival would be far right president diable son r o monica you nakia of reports from rio de janeiro. he may not yet have been proven innocent but brazil's former president lula da silva is no longer a felon and h

funeral proceedings for tanzania's former president john mica foully are underway in his hometown of chato wonderfully died on march 17th from heart complications but critics suspect he had coronavirus he was a prominent covert 19 skeptic only admitting to a problem in the country earlier this year the service is the last of multiple memorials that have been held around the country. we'll get a weather update next here on out to 0 then stuck in the sewers the stricken container ship costing billions of dollars to global trade. and struggling to survive we look at why unemployment in indonesia is at its worst level in more than a decade and. hello there we got something of a mixed bag and i wear the still across europe it's slushy settled and dry across central pasta we have got that wintry mix down towards the southeast that key northerly wind blowing in here with some snow and it will turn colder up tools the north west got a cold front that blue line that will make its way in for the weekend in the showers say will time wintry at the moment those showers are generally of rain we've

mica foody is africa's most prominent coronavirus skeptic and hasn't been seen in public since late february on thursday the opposition leader to listen said the president was in a coma in india with covert 19 the prime minister has blamed the claims on what he calls hateful tanzania living approved a call for athletes to boycott next year's winter olympics because of china's treatment of the weekend's has been labelled as making no sense the games are scheduled for beijing in february lympics chief thomas back says history shows the point was don't achieve anything the u.s. can aid in and that's governments have described china's treatment of the weak and minority as genocide. why. the athletes from your own country if you have a dispute with the government from another country. these trust you know makes no makes no makes no real sense and the athletes are would be the ones who are suffering and one after the key principles in trying to in the olympic or charteris of the political you're trail ity half the i.o.c. we are not as super world government no not as un security council n

mica funy who died earlier this week his body has been lying in state in dar es salaam the coffin will travel to other parts of the country in the coming days. voting is underway in the republic of congo's presidential election denny. is expected to extend his 37 year grip on power the main opposition party is boycotting the vote which it says is a legal. and a new wave of protests have been held in myanmar against its military rulers one man was killed and several were injured when police opened fire on a group setting up a barricade in the central city of one who are clearly 250 people have been killed since the army took power in a coup on february 1st. a state of emergency has been declared in miami beach after large crowds of revelers arrived for spring break it's the 2nd year in a row that authorities in the american resort city have clamped down because of fears that crowds could spread the coronavirus. wealth artes in astray or have declared a natural disaster as tarantula rains continue to pummel the east of the country the downpour is causing some of the worst flooding seen i

mica footie she'll serve for the remaining 3 years of his term. french prime minister has been inoculated with astra zeneca has a coronavirus back saying it's part of an effort to rebuild public confidence after france and other countries briefly paused vaccinations over blood coffee is on thursday the european medicines agency concluded the shot was safe and effective. as we just heard the a.m.a. has vouched for the safety of astra zeneca has shot but added it would continue to monitor rare cases of blood clotting a team of german scientists now say they found out more about the calls and how to possibly treat them. so joins me now from date of new science sophia what did this team of german scientists find out about the blood clots. so scientists from the university of cairo which is in northern germany got 6 blood samples from the polish institute which is the german federal agency for their prove a vaccine and they say that they studied these blood samples in great detail and that they were able to connect the vaccine that shows any comic scen

john mica foully taking office in 2015 he wasted no time in cleaning up the government firing thousands of officials and cutting waste. but he also clamped down on free speech and the opposition when the coronavirus crisis started he flatly denied its risks calling on tanzanians to rely on prayer. let us not allow but to destroy us through the coronavirus and make us forget to worship god this is the right time for us to defeat the devil i strongly believe god is with us in this fight against our enemy coronavirus and i'm sure we will win this war. the virus rampaged across the country but the government stopped reporting infections and deaths and in late february stopped appearing in public which led to speculation about his health. nearly 3 weeks later his vice president announced that he had died of a heart condition. moti funeral arrangements are being made. we notified. our country shall be in a mourning period of 14 days. and the flags will fly half mast. for many here he's early successes in stamping out corruption overshadowed by his later failures to deal with the coronavirus a

hello there i was on the hall with the headline for you here on al-jazeera tanzania's president john mica fairly has died aged 61 africa's most prominent coronavirus skeptic hadn't been seen in public since last month and there was speculation about his health the government says he died from heart failure while tanzania's constitution says the vice president must serve the rest of the 5 year term if the president conned that means samantha who has son is set to make history as tanzania's 1st female president a bus carrying afghan government employees has been targeted in a bombing in the capital kabul at least 3 people have been killed and another 11 were injured and separately 9 members of afghanistan's security forces have died in a helicopter crash the chopper went down and best suited to district in walk what doc province. u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken says all options are on the table in future relations with north korea he and the u.s. defense secretary have been meeting south korean counterparts and so they can reaffirmed his commitment to pressing north korea into

mica foully she'll serve for the remaining 3 years of his term. lessons for now on the story of an italian volleyball player who sparked outrage in italy she lost her job for getting pregnant that has missile struck a nerve for female athletes in italy partly because it was within the law someone needed to ignite a spark volleyball athlete lara louis was that someone it took her about 2 years after the fact though the fact that she was let go for being pregnant. on international women's day earlier this month louis announced that when she asked then sued for her last paycheck on a $24000.00 a year contract the club countered saying the pregnant player it had dismissed ruin the season and cost money and sponsors. i'm shocked by what's happened it's been a few days since i received this document i waited a while to make the story known because it's personal stuff but then i thought it was important for everyone for myself above all. what's important to is that literally actually knew that when she got pregnant she'd get dumped by her club most femal

mourners in tanzania have been paying their last respects to late president john mica fully following the announcement of his death from heart failure on wednesday the popular leader had not been seen in public for 3 weeks fueling speculation that he was being treated for corona virus michael foully had him self downplayed the dangers of the pandemic. they didn't believe it when they heard the news. but seeing his body lying in state the grief becomes too much. more news of times and he is former president john mcafee collapse from the agony. i managed today to pay my last respects to my late president my heart is in great pain for losing him. before he came to power most of us were going through a hard time our country was being exploited by he helped us fight against all exploitation. the popular leader's death is shrouded in mystery for 3 weeks he wasn't seen in public authorities originally denied that he was on well but then on wednesday they announced his death from a heart condition in tanzania he was known as a corruption busting man of the people but more recently his handlin

mica foully have been held in his home town of chatto my to fully died just over a week ago from heart complications critics suspect he had covert 19 he was a prominent skeptic of the pandemic only admitting to a problem in the country earlier this year sudar and has settled its debts with the world bank after nearly 3 decades the bank confirmed sudan can now access nearly 2000000000 dollars in grants the sudanese government said $635000000.00 would be immediately available for budget support and welfare spending the country seeking relief from some $56000000000.00 in extra no debt owed to international financial institutions official bilateral creditors and commercial creditors. thousands of as well have fled to a colombian border town to escape fighting between the military and rebels more than 4000 people have made the same journey since sunday in search of protection and reports from. they skate carrying whatever they could from their battered homes 4000 venezuelans are seeking shelter in colombia's border town. following days of clashes and bomb being speak when venezuela's milita

well tens of thousands of tanzanians are paying tribute to the former president john mica foully who died last wednesday massive crowds travel to sports stadium in the nation's largest city dar es salaam where michael foodies body was lying in state it will be taken to several venues across tanzania before a funeral in his home village on friday agra food it was a prominent covert skeptic and his supporters followed his example showing few signs of social distancing as well as dismissing opposition claims that he died from the virus. or the boredom of animals i want to know he did not dolly from coronavirus we accept the statement made by our government officials that he's died of heart disease they have to make sure they take official information and get rid of re street rumors. about him divert covert cannot be true because the sickness was so sudden whatever the cause of death was always intelligence to protect ourselves and be careful. well mourners also lined the streets of dar es salaam as microfilms coffin made its way to the airport to be flown to the capital to adama once th

mica fairly who died at the age of 61 of the things a lot of pictures from dar es salaam where people are paying their respects like a fairly will be buried in his hometown next week voice president some in a saloon who was sworn in as his successor becoming the country's 1st female president. turkey's president has pulled the country out of a global treaty on preventing and combating violence against women recipe the one issued a presidential decree ordering the country to withdraw from the 2011 istanbul convention and the agreement was signed by more than $45.00 countries is a promise by governments to take tougher action on domestic violence marital rape and female genital mutilation critics of the treaty in turkey say it damages family unity encourages divorce and supports the l.g.b. t.v. movie mint effect bhaskar to is a lawyer we will stop femicide platform joins me now via skype from istanbul kentucky with us on the program response court i mean why has turkey done basically a complete u. turn on an agreement that they signed of hosted. their. it's their frustrating news actual

mica fairly is being treated for covert 19 after being transferred from a hospital in kenya but hasn't provided any evidence on wednesday a kenyan newspaper reported that an african leader was being treated in nairobi but didn't say to senior officials recently died in tanzania including the vice president of zanzibar because it $900.00 confirmed as the cause of his death will be to draw back as a global health physician and director of oxford university skull center 1st social entrepreneurship he joins us now from oxford so one year now since the w.h.o. use the word pandemic for covert 19 pick me a picture of where we are now in the trajectory of the pandemic. well to remarkable when you think back about where we were a year ago and of course it was january 30th when to show really sounded the alarm of 2020 by declaring a public health emergency of international concern a year ago is when things were really taking root in here and in europe in the u.k. obviously since then we have seen you know millions of cases around the world it's turned everything upside down but what's most remar

mica for any. of the remaining 3 terms of his office. young environmental activists have staged protests in cities around the world as part of the 1st a global climate strike of 2021 swedish activists got a torn bed led a demonstration in her hometown of stockholm criticizing world leaders for failing to treat climate change as a crisis. senior u.s. and chinese officials have concluded what washington described as serious talks in alaska this is the 1st high level and counter since president biden took office and the gloves were off as the 2 countries and their differences u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken described the talks as candid we we certainly know and knew going in that there are a number of areas where we are fundamentally at odds including china's actions and . with regards to work to hong kong tibet on crucially taiwan as well as actions that it's taking in cyberspace and. it's no surprise that when we raise those issues clearly and directly we got a defensive response. but we wer

more as in tanzania paying their respects to the late president john mica fairly well his body is lying in state at the stadium in the company data salaam the remains will be moved to other areas of the country so people can pay tribute before burial in my going to offset by going to his hometown of the state not if it will cause his death his heart failure but opposition leaders believe you don't have coronavirus. bolivia's former interim leader jenny and as is being treated in hospital after being transferred from prison the lawyers say she's in poor health and struggling to eat and then as was arrested last week and charged with terrorism sedition and conspiracy the politician is accused of taking part in an alleged coup in 2019 that folds president evo morales to flee the country. a top aide to walter's former prime minister joseph muscat has been charged with money laundering and fraud keith issue embry it was one earth many officials accused of corruption by journalist daphne konya. she was killed by a car bomb 3 years ago could you get your supporters say sram breeze prosecution